The Economist Intelligence Unit Limited and its affiliate, the Economist Intelligence Unit, NA, Incorporated (together, the Economist Intelligence Unit), are committed to protecting the privacy of corporatenetwork.com subscribers. This statement outlines our privacy and data protection policy.

Collection and use of user details
Personal details of users of corporatenetwork.com will be collected and processed upon registration to our website.

All personal information is collected with the knowledge of corporatenetwork.com customers via the website's registration forms only.

This information is collected for the following purposes:

• order fulfilment;
• to notify customers of relevant new products;
• to notify users of promotional activities both within the Economist Intelligence Unit and across The Economist Group of companies.

User information is retained for in-house research to:

• improve our understanding of customer needs and product development;
• build marketing profiles;
• aid strategic development; and
• manage our relationship with advertisers.

All results of such research and analysis will be anonymised or aggregated information and will not reveal any personal facts about individual customers.

The Economist Intelligence Unit is part of The Economist Group, which operates from offices worldwide. Steps have been taken to ensure that consistently high standards of data protection are adhered to in all regional offices for all the forms of processing mentioned above.

User choices
All registration forms provide users with a series of choices regarding further promotional activity, forms of communication and third party processing.

When filling out registration forms on corporatenetwork.com, users should indicate whether they are receptive to the use of e-mail to inform them of further Economist Intelligence Unit promotional literature. If you are keen to be kept informed of further Economist Intelligence Unit products as well as technical and functional developments related to our website and online services, please tick the e-mail opt-in box.

You may also indicate whether you wish to receive such information from other Economist Group businesses.

The Economist Intelligence Unit will occasionally allow other similar but reputable organisations to contact you. If you do not wish to hear from these companies, please tick the appropriate box on the registration form to opt out of such activity.

Cookies
A cookie is a small file that is placed on the user's hard drive following a visit to corporatenetwork.com. This file subsequently allows the user to move quickly and easily around the site by keeping a record of previous visit(s). Cookies in use at the Economist Intelligence Unit's websites are not associated with any personal data about the user.

Cookies can be deleted from a PC's hard drive at any time by the user. Further information on the use of cookies can be found on http://cookiecentral.com.

Security policy or security guarantee
The Economist Intelligence Unit will maintain appropriate measures to ensure that users' personal details are not misused, accidentally destroyed, lost or altered within the Economist Intelligence Unit server environment.

All personal data are encrypted for transmission over the Internet to Economist Intelligence Unit servers.

Occasions will arise when customer information is passed outside the Economist Intelligence Unit to other data processors (fulfilment bureaux, database consultants, etc) but they will only act upon instruction from the Economist Intelligence Unit in order to perform the services required.

Transfer of personal data overseas
Given that the Internet is a global environment, using the Internet to collect and process personal data necessarily involves the transmission of data on an international basis. Therefore, by browsing corporatenetwork.com and communicating electronically with us, you acknowledge and agree to our processing of personal data in this way.

Updating customer details
To ensure that you are included on all further correspondence and do not experience problems with the delivery of products, it is important that your contact information is correct and up to date. To notify us of any changes, simply send your new details, along with your old details, to the Economist Intelligence Unit office nearest to you.